Most of the flowers in nature are red, orange and yellow. If we have seen a black flower, it’s chance in a million.

People have made a survey to colors of more than four thousand kinds of flowers and discovered that only eight of them are black.

As we know, sunlight is formed by seven colored lights. The wavelength of each light is also different, so the quantity(量) of heat in each light is also different. Flowers, especially their petals(花瓣),are easy to be harmed by high temperature.

Black flowers can take in the light of all the wavelengths that make them dry up because of high temperature, so black flowers can hardly resist(抵抗) sunlight. But red, orange and yellow flowers can protect themselves from sunlight by reflecting(反射) the red light, orange light and yellow light, each of which has a large quantity of heat.

1.It is _______ to see a black flower.

A. impossible B. two fifths

C. Very common D. chance in a million

2.The passage tells us that__________

A.black flowers are so weak that it is difficult for them to grow up

B.There are only eight black flowers in nature

C.Sunlight is formed by seven different colored lights including black

D.Black flowers can take in the light of all the wavelengths that make them dry up because of high temperature

3.Which of the following ideas is NOT true?

A. People have found that only few kinds of flowers are black.

B. Flowers are easy to be harmed by very high temperature.

C. Red, orange and yellow flowers can also absorb(吸收) the light of all wavelengths.

D. The black flowers can’t protect themselves from sunlight.

4.From the passage we know the red, orange and yellow light have________

A. Less heat than the other lights

B. More heat than the other lights

C. Very little light

D. A large quantity of heat

I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展).

My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing, just for myself, and I’ve been writing ever since.

I have always loved BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories. I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事), and can teach you important things.

I am in my forties on the outside, twelve on the inside. I like rock music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, goats, hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www.sbowkett.freeserve.co.uk.

1. When he was 13, the writer ________.

A. wrote lots of poems

B. moved out of Wales

C. sold many story books

D. became a famous singer

2. He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.

A. expand his imagination B. learn French

C. listen to stories D. buy some books

3.Maybe the writer is________years old now.

A. 12 B. 22

C. 32 D. 42

4. According to the passage, the writer keeps ________.

A. cats, hens and pigs

B. ducks, goats and rabbits

C. hens, rabbits and dogs

D. rabbits, pigs and cats

5. From the passage, we can learn that the writer________.

A. lives in a big city with his son

B. likes eating Japanese food

C. lives in the countryside with his wife

D. introduces a nice book to us

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